CapnKroaker.com 22 February 2012
8-bit Hardware
Count 'em. All of 'em. These micros have 8-bits a piece. Thats 8-bits of wholesome goodness each. Yum yum. I'm all a wibbling just looking at it!
BBC Model B BBC Model B
Went to school in the UK in the 80s? Yes? Then I'm sure you remember the good old BBC Model B! You might also have seen it on TV surrounded by men with huge beards and tweed suits on The Computer Programme in 1981.
BBC Master 128 BBC Master Series
How can you improve on a masterpiece like the Model B. With difficulty is the answer. But when you've got the biggest boffins in the country on the case (and legend has it that some of there heads had to be supported by scaffolding due to the weight of there over developed brains) then you can when they come up with the BBC Master 128. Worlds best 8-bit micro ever. And thats not 8-bit 8-inch willy waving. Thats a fact. Kind of.
Commodore 64 Commodore 64
Truly a colossus, a titan, a behemoth of the 8-bit world striding around the landscape like the tallest kid in the school playground. It thought it was the business and it was right.